The ex-daughter and now son of singer Cher, named Chaz Bono, who underwent sex reassignment surgery, today leads an active life, is happy in his body and does not regret the transformation at all. Some time ago, an LGBT activist (sexual minority movement) met with a girl who remained unknown to the general public, and at the premiere of the film "The Danish Girl", which tells the story of the world's first transgender, Chaz appeared in the company of actress Sarah Schreiber - a luxurious blonde who gained popularity thanks to the series "Agent Carter".
Karma?
Who doesn't remember the duo Sonny and Cher, their shows, joint projects? The couple's daughter was born on March 4, 1969 in California. If you believe in karma and signs of fate, then it all started with the fact that at birth the girl received the name Chestity San Bono. So the parents decided after Sonny's film called "Chestity", in which Cher played a bisexual with this name. Perhaps Cher's image was magically extrapolated to her daughter's lifetime?
Not a girl
Until 2010, the only child of the singer Cher was a woman Chastity, who suffered from the fact that she does not live the way she feels, not her life. The fact that she is different from the rest, the girl noticed at the age of 13. She admits that she was never interested in boys or fashionable outfits. Chastity officially announced her homosexuality in 1995 - her coming out was described by her in an autobiographical book called Family Outing. Although she was shocked, Cher was relatively calm about the decision of her daughter, who was very uncomfortable in her body.
The way to yourself
Bono tried to "forget" in music, creating the band Ceremony in 1993. Her parents, Cher and Sonny, helped her in this field, and in the same 1993, the group released their first and only album called Hang Out Your Poetry. Vocalist Bono also played drums and acoustic guitar. The famous father also wrote songs for her. The girl quickly got tired of the music.
Bono's writing career began in April 1995, when Chastity was interviewed by minority magazine The Advocate in which she confessed her homosexuality. Bono later began writing for this edition.
In her 1998 book Family Outing, Chastity went into more detail about her coming out. The girl tells about the suffering over the loss of her beloved JenniferElias, who died of blood cancer in the early 2000s, shares with the reader her difficult decision about changing sex. In the book, she also stated that her life became political, and this opened up opportunities for her to be a lesbian, a woman, and a person. In the same book, Bono also mentioned her mother, Cher. According to Chastity, her mother took a long time to realize and accept her daughter's decision, and resigned herself to this, appeared on the cover of The Advocate, proudly acknowledging the fact that she is a lesbian mother, and starting to fight for the rights of sexual minorities.
Cher herself loves plastic surgery, but, applying it on herself, she always remained within the framework of a feminine image. And Chastity's daughter outwardly was very different from her, passionately wanting to become a man, to demonstrate her masculine essence not only inside herself, but also externally.
Done
At the age of 41, Chastity made this difficult decision - to have sex reassignment surgery, which involves a global restructuring of the entire body, a number of surgical interventions, hormone therapy and much more. She was injected with testosterone to grow body hair and facial stubble, and she survived breast removal. Chaz has always wanted a male penis.
The whole world at one time was shocked by this event and divided into those who condemned the woman, and those who approved of her honest, difficult decision. Chez Salvatore Bono was supported, in particular, by the famous Caitlyn Jenner (a member of the Kardashian star family), who also underwent a sex change operation (she was born a man named Bruce).
Setweight was a side effect of hormone therapy, which Chaz is sure to win.
Politics and Sonny
Bono never remained indifferent to the life of the country. He fought for human rights, for freedom of relations between the sexes, supported events related to the coming out. In addition, he vehemently challenged the law on the protection of marriage, worked in the organization GLAAD (gay and lesbian alliance against defamation).
Starting as a politician, he gradually spoiled relations with Sonny's father, especially after the election of Chaz Bono (Chestity at the time) as a Congressman of the California Republican Party. Bono supported the campaign for Clinton's re-election as head of state. Political differences alienated father and child, they did not communicate for a year, and in January 1998, Sonny died skiing.
In 2006, Chastity was invited to take part in the weight loss reality show Celebrity Fit Club 3 as team captain. In the process of participating, the future Chaz received support from his beloved Jennifer Elias, organized sports training and various trainings.
Transformation of personality and body
In 2008, Chastity began preparing for gender reassignment surgery. Cher categorically did not accept this decision of her daughter, and since 2009, mother and daughter practically did not communicate. But Chastity didn't change her mind. In the early summer of 2009, Chastity's agent officially announced the new name of his ward - from now on, Cher's son will be called Chez Salvatore Bono (in honor of Chastity's parents). In 2010 a girlhad the last operation.
The LGBT community, the Empowering Spirits Foundation and GLAAD have provided significant support to Bono. On May 8, 2010, a California court granted Chaz's request to change his name in his passport and gender, and from that day he became legally a man.
After the operation, the photo of Chaz Bono does not leave the tabloids, he became a star, invitations to various TV shows rained down on him. In particular, in early autumn in 2011, Bono became a member of the 13th season of Dancing with the Stars, where he performed in tandem with professional ballroom dancer Lacey Schwimmer. On October 25 of the same year, the duo dropped out of the project. Chaz acted in films, became the author of another biography. Relations with the star mother gradually improved.
Chez Bono's most important life work is worthy of being captured, and he made a documentary about gender reassignment. Premiered in 2011 at the Sundance Film Festival. The rights to the film were bought by the Oprah Winfrey TV channel, and in May of the same year the tape was shown on the air.
